Life is about survival of the fittest, and Jersey is producing the master race.

Make sure your main characters are likeable. They can be flawed, but your readers need to be able to root for them.

I had an alarm, I had nerve gas, I had a yogurt. What more could anyone want?

Turns out, that's how it is with weddings. You just keep getting in deeper and deeper until you want to throw up.

Omigod,' I said on a sudden flash of sleep-deprived insight. 'You're the big bad wolf.' There are some similarities.

Some men go a lifetime and never have their kid blow up a car, but I have a daughter who's knocked off three cars and burned down a funeral home. Maybe that's some kind of record.

Oh, for God's sake," I said. "Just give me the stupid thing." I took the panic button and stuck it into my Super Sexy Miracle Bra. "GPS," Ranger said to Morelli. "Probably I can find her breast without it," Morelli said. "But it's good to know there's a navigational system on board if I need it.